Jeremiah 2:21

Good News Translation

I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised.”

Genesis 32:28

The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”

Psalm 44:2

how you yourself drove out the heathen and established your people in their land; how you punished the other nations and caused your own to prosper.

Psalm 80:8

You brought a grapevine out of Egypt; you drove out other nations and planted it in their land.

Psalm 80:9

You cleared a place for it to grow; its roots went deep, and it spread out over the whole land.

Exodus 15:17

You bring them in and plant them on your mountain, the place that you, Lord, have chosen for your home, the Temple that you yourself have built.

Isaiah 1:21

The city that once was faithful is behaving like a whore! At one time it was filled with righteous people, but now only murderers remain.

Isaiah 27:2

On that day the Lord will say of his pleasant vineyard,

Isaiah 41:8

“But you, Israel my servant, you are the people that I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham, my friend.

Isaiah 5:4

Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will all do what is right, And will possess the land forever. I planted them, I made them, To reveal my greatness to all.

Isaiah 61:3

To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the Lord himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.

Jeremiah 11:16

I once called them a leafy olive tree, full of beautiful fruit; but now, with a roar like thunder I will set its leaves on fire and break its branches.

Jeremiah 11:17

“I, the Lord Almighty, planted Israel and Judah; but now I threaten them with disaster. They have brought this on themselves because they have done wrong; they have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal.”

Jeremiah 5:10

I will send enemies to cut down my people's vineyards, but not to destroy them completely. I will tell them to strip away the branches, because those branches are not mine.

Lamentations 4:1

Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.

Ezekiel 15:2

“Mortal man,” he said, “how does a vine compare with a tree? What good is a branch of a grapevine compared with the trees of the forest?

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to another parable,” Jesus said. “There was once a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.

Mark 12:1

Then Jesus spoke to them in parables: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.

Luke 20:9

Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.

John 15:1

“I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Their enemies, corrupt as Sodom and Gomorrah, are like vines that bear bitter and poisonous grapes,

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt.

Joshua 24:31

As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served the Lord, and after his death they continued to do so as long as those leaders were alive who had seen for themselves everything that the Lord had done for Israel.